Posted on 07/18/2014 11:14:43 AM PDT by Steelfish
US Appeals Court Tosses Oklahoma Gay Marriage Ban OKLAHOMA CITY — Jul 18, 2014 By SEAN MURPHY and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Oklahoma must allow gay couples to wed, prompting a fast, angry response from leaders of a state that has vehemently fought policy changes brought on from outside its borders.
A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld a federal judge's ruling striking down Oklahoma's gay marriage ban, which had been approved by more than 75 percent of voters in 2004. Friday's decision marks the second time the federal appeals court has found the U.S. Constitution protects same-sex marriage.
The court put its 2-1 ruling on hold pending an appeal, meaning same-sex couples won't be allowed to marry in Oklahoma for now.
"Today's ruling is another instance of federal courts ignoring the will of the people and trampling on the right of states to govern themselves," Gov. Mary Fallin said. "In this case, two judges have acted to overturn a law supported by Oklahomans."
She said she hoped the decision was overturned and pledged to "fight back against our federal government when it seeks to ignore or change laws written and supported by Oklahomans."
Oklahoma has made a habit in recent years of battling federal laws and policies, with the state suing over health care reform, Environmental Protection Agency requirements and the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. The state last year also refused to process benefits for same-sex couples in the National Guard, instead ordering that those workers' benefits be processed at federal facilities.
Friday's decision comes after the same three-judge panel ruled in June that Utah's ban on same-sex marriage violates the Constitution.
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Yeah, sure, let them try that.
Isaiah 5:20
Wickedness run amok.
Nope.
Let these degenerate scumbags go back to chasing ambulances.
Sounds like the Right has a new champion in Governor Fallin.
Arrest the two judges under state law. Deny bail and throw them in general population until the courts settle things. Then the State AG can say this is exactly how the state will deal with federal judges who violate state law on tenuous federal grounds.
Just do it.
What good is a corrupt judiciary when no one respects or abides by their rulings? They become irrelevant and threaten the legitimacy of the entire federal judiciary. Make examples of them and this federal judicial activism will stop.
This isn't the 50's.
The CPUSA that is now calling the shots in DC isn't going to get away with siccing the Guard on Oklahoman s or any other righteous REAL AMERICANS.
American communists 15 minutes is almost up.
How, exactly, are we any different in the 2010’s than we were in the 1950’s? If anything, we’re much more wimpish.
I’m thinking the military is the wildcard now
More likely to turn on the marxists giving orders to take out Americans
Already starting with the Border Patrol
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